The 2019 Big 12 Conference football season was the 24th season of Big 12 conference football, taking place during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on August 29, 2019. Conference play began on September 21, 2019. The entire schedule was released on October 18, 2018.
The 2019 season was the eighth for the Big 12 since the early-2010s conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.
As a tenâÂÂteam league, the Big 12 played a nine-game round-robin conference schedule and each member played three non-conference games, one of which had to be against a Power Five conference foe. The regular season was followed by a conference championship game played between the regular-season champion and the regular-season runner-up. The 2019 Big 12 Championship Game was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, December 7, 2019.
The Big 12 media days will be held on July 15âÂÂ16 in Frisco, Texas.
The 2019 Big 12 Preseason media poll was released on July 10, 2019. Prior to the Big 12 media days. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the fourth consecutive year in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives.
2019 Preseason All-Big 12
There will be 4 new head coaches in the Big 12 Conference for the 2019 season.
On November 4, KU fired coach David Beatty after four years at the school. Two weeks later on November 19, Les Miles was hired as the new head coach of the Jayhawks.
On November 25, Texas Tech fired coach Kliff Kingsbury after six years with the team. Four days later on November 29, Matt Wells from Utah State was hired as the new head coach of the Red Raiders.
On December 2, Bill Snyder retired from the Kansas State Wildcats after 26 years with the school. Nine days later on December 11, Chris Klieman from North Dakota State was named the new head coach of the Wildcats.
On January 1, Dana Holgorsen left West Virginia to become the new head coach of the Houston Cougars. Three days later on January 4, The team hired Neal Brown from the Troy Trojans as the new head coach of the Mountaineers.
The regular season began on August 30 and will end on November 30.